News round up: Bankers least likely to employ mentally ill

Bankers are more likely to discriminate against job applicants with mental health problems than any other profession. Almost half (46%) of bank workers admitted they would be reluctant to employ someone with a mental illness, according to new research.

The survey by national anti-stigma campaign Time to Change, asked more than 2,000 people if having a mental illness would be a barrier to employment and found evidence of entrenched negative attitudes across all sectors.

The Tories will on Thursday intensify their attack on Labour for presiding over “broken Britain” when they claim that 5 million people have never worked under the current government.

Theresa May, the shadow work and pensions secretary, will accuse Labour of creating a wall between the “working and the workless” to hide its failure to provide opportunities for the long-term unemployed.

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